Wu Shanqing didn't write a word, which undoubtedly revealed an attitude, he wanted to be a minister of the Ming Dynasty. According to the development of history, when Longqing ascended the throne, he was summoned to come back to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but he categorically refused.

Wu Shan may have some faults, and it can even be said that he is pedantic, but his character is undoubtedly still guaranteed, and he is a decent official who has not been deceived by fame and fortune.

In this regard, it is undoubtedly different from Yan Song and Xu Jie. After realizing Jiajing's temperament, Yan Song and Xu Jie, in order to gain more power, did everything possible to curry favor with Jiajing, and even Hu Zongxian, who had great achievements, knew how to offer white lingzhi and white spirit turtles.

At this moment, Lin Haoran seemed to have been doused with a bucket of water, and immediately came to his senses. A sense of chagrin welled up in his heart, because he had always prided himself on being smart, and he couldn't even see through this.

Asking Wu Shan to seek to enter the cabinet by offering treasures is not Wu Shan's style at all, Wu Shan's principle is obviously much stronger than Yan Song and Xu Jie, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept this plan.

"Teacher, you are mistaken! The students think that the saint has not paid enough attention to the teacher, and the teacher's talent has not been displayed, so they want to let the teacher get closer to the saint through this broken sword. Lin Haoran was very embarrassed, but still persuaded without giving up.

"Needless to say! It is precisely because everyone is vying to offer treasures and vote for the favor of the saints, which causes the saints to be wasted in government affairs, making the state funds waste Taoist buildings, and it is difficult for the people to live and work in peace and contentment! Wu Shan seemed to have been holding grudges for a long time, and pulled down his face to show his attitude categorically.

Lin Haoran originally hoped that Wu Shan would just pretend to shirk it, with a hypocritical side, but looking at his demeanor and listening to his tone, he sighed gloomily in his heart.

It's just that he is also not a person who gives up easily, and continues to persuade: "Teacher, today's people can't live and work in peace and contentment, and the court officials are corrupt, which requires a capable minister like you, teacher!" How can it be because ...... How have you failed the people with this principle? ”

"If the teacher offers a treasure into the cabinet today, what difference is it from those of them? How can we still have the confidence to correct this official style? How to advise the Holy Relatives and Virtuous Ministers to be far away? Wu Shan looked a little excited, and questioned again and again.

Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked serious and defended: "Teacher, are you thinking about the problem too much?" As long as you maintain a righteous heart, although the means are not so glorious, it is also possible for the people! ”

"Don't take the good for the small, don't take the evil for the small! When Wei Shi had just entered the officialdom, Yan Fenyi also returned to the capital from Nanjing, and his official reputation was still very good, and he was also very decent. It's just that later, for the sake of the goal, he did everything possible to force my teacher away, and when my teacher recovered, Yan Fenyi directly wanted to put my teacher to death for the sake of power, so that my teacher became the first to be beheaded since the opening of the Ming Dynasty. In the following twenty years, Yan Fenyi has been consolidating and fighting for power, and it still is! Wu Shan's eyes were slightly teary-eyed, and he said seriously.

He was admitted to the rank in the fourteenth year of Jiajing, and his teacher died in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing. In the past thirteen years, he has seen a lot with his own eyes, and he has witnessed how Yan Song has become a traitor step by step.

Lin Haoran was thoughtful, but still asked from a standpoint: "Teacher, then how do you want to save the people of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"It's not that I don't want to save the people from fire and water, but the real power of the Ming Dynasty is not fought for, but from the emperor! Only if the emperor wants someone to save the people of the Ming Dynasty, can the teacher save the people of the Ming Dynasty! Wu Shan took a sip of tea and said seriously.

Lin Haoran was secretly surprised in his heart, the teacher was not confused at all, and knew that the crux of Daming's current predicament was not all in the traitor Yan Song, but mainly in Jiajing.

The plan to recover the Hetao supported by Xia Yan, the former first assistant, is undoubtedly a strategy to save the country and seek the people. It's just that he not only did not get Jiajing's support, but also aroused Jiajing's disgust, and eventually led to death.

Wu Shan wants to save the people from fire and water, if he only gets the position of a first assistant, and also does not get the support of Jiajing, then he really can't change anything.

Lin Haoran knew that he really underestimated this teacher this time, how could he need him to teach people who could get into this position, and how could Wu Shan not have his political opinions?

It's just that Lin Haoran understands that if he wants Jiajing to suddenly become a minister, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream, so he asked Wu Shan seriously: "Teacher, what if the emperor has never given you this kind of power and trust?" ”

"Use it to do it, and give it up to hide it." Wu Shan's gaze looked to the north and said firmly.

Lin Haoran looked at Wu Shan's demeanor, but his eyes revealed a sense of regret and helplessness.

In the mainstream thought, the emperor is the object of filial piety of the courtiers, and the courtiers have the obligation to assist and correct the current saints, so that the current saints can become a generation of emperors.

Virtuous ministers assist Mingjun to govern the world, and Mingjun will reuse virtuous ministers to handle government affairs, which is the most ideal political ecology, and it is also the prosperous era that people of insight have been pursuing.

However, this kind of political ecology is often just an ideal, and the emperor is also a mortal fetus, so he naturally has seven emotions and six desires.

Jiajing was born in the world, and did not receive an orthodox education, and he never had that love for the people, and he didn't know the responsibility of being a king.

It's like a wild child who suddenly holds the throne of the emperor. He naturally thinks that the whole world belongs to him, and everyone must obey him, and he has no concept of becoming a Ming monarch at all.

The original first assistant Yang Tinghe was a virtuous minister, and this loyal old minister put the fourteen-year-old wild child Jiajing on the throne, and did not let the Ming regime alternate with twists and turns.

After Jiajing ascended the throne, he focused on the "great ceremony", and he was only dedicated to the name of the king to his father. He elevated his father to emperor and his mother to empress, but he didn't think about what would happen to the country and didn't have a sense of mission to govern it.

In the later selection of the first assistant, Jiajing chose the obedient Zhang Xuan and others, and Yang Yanhe was forced to be disappointed by him, and then he was reduced to the people, causing Yang Yanhe to die of depression.

The extension of the rod has reached its peak in this dynasty.

Due to the disagreement of the great etiquette, more than 200 people, including Jin Xianmin, the secretary of the military department, and Feng Xi, a bachelor of Hanlin, knelt and cried Zuo Shunmen.

Jiajing was furious and ordered to apply a cane to 134 officials below the fifth rank such as Feng Xi, and 16 people were killed on the spot. Eight days later, Yang Shen and seven others were repaired by the Hanlin Academy, among which Zhang Yuan was killed by the cane.

Since then, it has become uncontrollable, and the rod has become his usual means of corporal punishment of his courtiers and venting his lust, which can be seen in the records of the court rod more than 40 times, and hundreds of people have been reprimanded by the rod, of which more than 20 people have died under the rod.

In August of the 19th year of Jiajing, Yang Zhi, the servant of the imperial servant, died of a rod for dissuading the emperor from taking pills.

History seems to have played a joke with the Ming Dynasty, a wild child became the emperor, and it was naturally destined to be difficult to become a generation of Ming monarchs. On the contrary, this wild child is still very smart, holding the power of the country in his hands, and cultivating obedient ministers like Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Yuan Wei.